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COLUMBUS, Ga. – In an unusual three round tournament for NCAA Division II women's golf, the King University women's golf team took sixth at the TSYS Collegiate Classic with a tournament total of 1,017. Elizabeth Swallow led King as she took second after carding a one-under 71 in the tournament's final round.
Swallow improved on every round of the tournament on what was a very difficult course. After shooting 80 in the first round yesterday morning, she bounced back to shoot 76 in the second round yesterday afternoon. In the third round, Swallow tore up the course as she carded the day's low score of one-under 71 to finish with a tournament total of 227, just four strokes off the tournament's medalist.
Anna Walker also improved every round. After shooting 87-85 on Monday, Walker carded an 83 in the final round to finish with a stroke total of 255 in 25th place. Cortnee Young was King's next finisher at 266 after she posted an 89 in the final round. Kerby Jones and Karissa King rounded out the squad with their tournament totals of 272 and 287, respectively. Jones shot 86 in the final round while King posted a 99.
Lee University won the tournament with a total team score of 934 while Lander University finished second at 939. Lee's Courtney Shelton was the individual medalist with a tournament total of 223, just ahead of Swallow's 227.
King will be in action again on March 10-11 at the Hilton Head Lake Invitational in Hilton Head, S.C.


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City-building games got complicated really fast after SimCity 2000 released nearly 20 years ago. They remain a joy to play, but the best ones tend to come with steep learning curves.
Not so for the Virtual City series, however, as it adopts a more casual tilt on the genre. Virtual City 2: Paradise Resort offers a compact city-building experience and a lengthy scenario-based campaign to dig your mouse into. Whether you're waiting for the new SimCity to drop on OS X or looking for an alternative city builder with a different approach, it's worth a closer look.

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Memory Eternal! + Anthony Milad
Nick Regazzo writes:
It is with the utmost sadness and a heavy heart to share with our brothers and sisters in the Antiochian Archdiocese, that young six year old Anthony Milad was called home to Christ's heavenly kingdom this past Thursday, November 3rd, 2011. Little Anthony was an altar server at St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church of Orlando, Florida. Fr. John Hamatie reminisced about the enjoyment of having Anthony as one of his altar servers.
Sadly, Anthony was diagnosed four months ago with some ailments that arose from a bone marrow transplant, and with continued sickness and physical problems. His blessed mother Irene had never left his side in the four months that he was hospitalized.
The community has endured a painful loss in such a bright young man.
A beautiful service of remembering his life was held this past Saturday, November 5th, 2011, with area Orthodox clergy in attendance. Many of Anthony's friends from Sunday School attended his service, which was painfully difficult for them. We ask all of our brothers and sisters in our archdiocese to please keep Anthony's family, Irene and Emad, in all of our daily prayers in this most tragic of times.
To lose a child, is without a doubt an unprecedented nightmare that only Christ can help us deal with, and heal us.


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Lou and Peter Berryman have been writing lyrics, composing melodies, and recording songs for over 25 years. They had their first band (a folky band) in high school in 1964. Then, in college, they had their second band (a jug band). They became a full-time musical duo in Madision, Wisconsin in 1977. In 1980, they recorded their first of twelve original albums. The Yah Hey CD features original songs about Wisconsin.
A fabric and fiber artist with a degree in art history, Lou Berryman plays piano-accordion and button accordion, piano, harpsichord, banjo, viola de gamba, saxophone, lute, and guitar. She writes the melodies for the duo's music. Peter Berryman plays 12 string guitar and writes the lyrics for their music. He has been an illustrator and photographer.


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Adnan Oktar: In the leadership of Turkey, establishment of a great Islamic Union, which contains all Turkic states and all Islamic states. That is to say, lifting passports and visas, opening borders and establishing a combined military force and political alliance. Just as how Europan Union has accomplished it, just as how Soviets accomplished it, we can also accomplish it. This will bring peace and love to the world, it will solidify our feelings of brotherhood. Both Jews and Christians will have an environment of peace they desire to see. An utter environment of peace comes into existence. They will be able to perform their worship as they wish, and they will live in peace as they wish. In order to form this union as soon as possible, everyone, of course, has to put this on the agenda and demand it.
Adnan Oktar: I talked about the Turkish-Islamic Union two years ago. After I said, the visa restrictions began to be annulled with Turkic and Islamic countries like Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkemenistan. What does it mean annulling the visas? It means these nations will keep in touch with Turks easily, trade easily, and be in social relations without any difficulty. After visas are annulled, passports will also be annulled too. What is abolishments of passports? Like Islamic Economic Community, Turkish Economic Community, the Turkish Islamic Union will be formed. This doesn't mean only politics and advantage. It is a union of love, mercy, tenderness, friendship, amity, feelings of brotherhood will dominate all. Consequently, above all, there will be love of Allah, fear of Allah, and an excitement caused by love of Allah. In that way, life will become meaningful. Otherwise, people do not attain happiness only by eating, drinking and trade. You see economies are collapsing. The main cause of economic crisis is lovelessness, egoism, individualism and above all Darwinism. With the collapse of Darwinism, domination of the moral qualities such as mercy, affection and love, will overspread rapidly. Therefore, within a specific process countries will join together and establish the Turkish Islamic Union within one-two decades insha'Allah.
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Oct. 11, 2005 -- The United States Supreme Court today refused to hear the appeal of the Hamilton County (Tennessee) Department of Education in a landmark "autism" case that had been brought under the federal Individuals With Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA").
This decision will affect how children with autism, as well as those with other disabilities, receive educational services in public schools. The decision makes clear that parents must be meaningfully included at their child's IEP meetings, that educational decision must be personalized and individually tailored to meet the child's needs, that educational programs may not be "predetermined" or the result of an official or unofficial policy by the school district, and that cost cannot be the driving factor in deciding what kind of program a child should receive. The Sixth Circuit also held that educational programs must be "meaningful".
Hamilton County Schools had filed a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking permission from the Supreme Court to appeal a unanimous decision that the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals had rendered in favor of a Chattanooga boy diagnosed with autism, Zachary Deal.
Gary Mayerson, of Mayerson & Associates and a member of the Autism Speaks board of directors, represented the Deal family. "Hamilton county took the position that a 'meaningful benefit' standard was too much to expect from a school district," said Mayerson. "We disagreed and took the position that a meaningful benefit test is what is required pursuant to earlier Supreme Court precedent in order to individualize a child's IEP. As a results of this decision, parents across the country are able to invoke the Sixth Circuit decision for its important principles to secure appropriate intervention programs for their children."
Mayerson added that parents should not hesitate to bring a copy of the Sixth Circuit's decision to their IEP meetings if they believe that their school district is not upholding the letter and spirit of the IDEA statute. A copy of the decision is available at www.mayerslaw.com.
The Sixth Circuit ruled unanimously in December, 2004, that the Hamilton County Schools had deprived Zachary of his statutory entitlements under IDEA by, among other things, unilaterally "predetermining" Zachary's educational program, perpetuating an unwritten "policy" that effectively precluded the individualization of Zachary's education plan, failing to meaningfully include Zachary's parents in the development of Zachary's educational plan, and failing to follow mandatory procedures set out in the IDEA statute.
The Sixth Circuit's decision notes that at one meeting with Zachary's parents in 1999 called to develop Zachary's education plan, Zachary's parents were told by Hamilton County administrators that they were not allowed to ask any questions. The court's decision also reveals that the Hamilton County school system maintained a guide entitled "How To Avoid Parents' Demands For Lovaas [ABA]" (the intervention that Zachary's parents asked the Hamilton County Schools to consider).
At meetings with Zachary's parents, Hamilton County administrators communicated that "the powers that be" would not even consider funding the Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) intervention that Zachary's parents had requested. ABA intervention involves the delivery of intensive one-to-one teaching, where tasks and skills are broken down into small components, and then taught and "reinforced" systematically over time, with data collection to demonstrate effectiveness and reliability.
In view of Hamilton County's conduct, the Sixth Circuit held that the Hamilton County schools had deprived Zachary of his procedural statutory entitlements under IDEA. In framing relief, the Sixth Circuit held that Zachary's parents were entitled to reimbursement from the Hamilton County schools for the cost of Zachary's Applied Behavior Analysis ("ABA") intervention program that was delivered both at home and in the mainstream preschool that Zachary was then attending.
The original trial in Chattanooga, held before Tennessee Administrative Law Judge A. James Andrews, lasted for 27 days and consumed tens of thousands of pages of testimony and documentary evidence presented by approximately two dozen witnesses, including several autism experts. Significantly, one of Hamilton County's own expert witnesses, Dr. Eileen Schwartz, admitted that Zachary needed the ABA intervention that Zachary's parents were asking Hamilton County to provide.
Zachary won the initial trial in a decision that issued just days before the events of September 11, 2001. Judge Andrews made credibility findings and found that many witnesses employed by the Hamilton County Schools were lacking in credibility.
In the Fall of 2001, the Hamilton County Schools prosecuted an appeal to the United States District Court, sitting in Chattanooga. With the permission of the District Court, Hamilton County's lawyers commenced a new round of deposition and document discovery in California, Ohio, Tennessee and New York.
After a two-day "additional evidence" trial before the District Court in which the Hamilton County Schools presented four new expert witnesses who had been flown in from California, the District Court reversed Judge Andrews' August, 2001 Decision and held for the Hamilton County Schools. The District Court also awarded "costs" against the Deal family. Zachary and his parents then prosecuted an appeal to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting in Cincinnati, Ohio. Zachary's appeal was argued in August of 2004 before a three judge panel.
As part of the Sixth Circuit's December, 2004, decision unanimously reversing the Chattanooga District Court on a series of material procedural violations, the Sixth Circuit directed a remand for the district court to consider the issue of any substantive harm that the Hamilton County Schools had caused by its conduct. In this connection, the Sixth Circuit, relying upon earlier Supreme Court precedent, held that children with disabilities are entitled to a "meaningful educational benefit" that considers and takes into account the child's potential and individual needs.
In its petition for a writ of certiorari, the Hamilton County Schools argued that a "meaningful benefit" standard was unduly burdensome and that the Supreme Court should consider it legally sufficient if a school district's educational plan is calculated to produce at least "some" benefit. Hamilton County's counsel also contended that there was a "split" among the circuits on this issue. In denying Hamilton County's petition for a writ of certiorari, the Supreme Court declined to hear these arguments. This apparently is the very first time that an "autism" case has reached the Supreme Court level.
Based on publicly available documents and interviews with Hamilton County administrators, the local media in Chattanooga have reported that even before Hamilton County's efforts to seek Supreme Court review, Hamilton County had spent at least $2.3 million dollars paying two powerful law firms to fight the Deal family. According to these same news reports, at least $500,000 of such sum went to pay Hamilton County's expert witnesses.
Ironically, Zachary's ABA program is reported to have cost less than $100,000 annually and Zachary's lawyers advise that, collectively, they have recorded fees that are a mere fraction of the millions of dollars that Hamilton County has spent so far fighting Zachary and his parents.
According to Zachary's counsel, a remand hearing will soon be initiated with the Chattanooga District Court to fix the precise amount of the reimbursement relief that Zachary's parents are entitled to, as well as to fix the amount of the costs and attorneys' fees that Zachary's parents and counsel are entitled to recover by reason of Zachary's status as a "prevailing party" under the IDEA statute.
The Hamilton County schools were represented at the various stages of the litigation by Charles L. Weatherly, Carter G. Phillips, Thomas W. Dickson, Kathleen Sullivan, Jennifer Fain, Wendy Jacobs, Joseph R. Guerra, Thomas A. Burns and Gary D. Lander.
Zachary and his parents were represented at both trials and before the Sixth Circuit by Gary Mayerson and Christina D. Thivierge of Mayerson & Associates, and Theodore Kern as local Tennessee counsel. Zachary's lead counsel at the Supreme Court level included Steven M. Pesner, Edward Lazarus and James E. d'Auguste of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer Feld.


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San Diego, CA (PRWEB) November 25, 2012
San Diego Accounting Firm specializes in helping small businesses find the most appropriate accounting firm, as well as the best fit for a merchant processing service for the small business. SDAccountingFirm.com stated that they chose the President because of his going out of the way with his busy schedule to send a message to the American people.
On Saturday, the nation's President went Christmas shopping and sent a strong message to the American public that supporting small business is a good idea (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/obama-shops-local-bookstore-promote-small-business-saturday-article-1.1207468).
SDAccountingFirm.com decided to promote his actions one more step by naming him the 2012 Small Business' Friend in High Places. The President pushed his message out to the American public via Twitter right after shopping saying, "My family & I started our holiday shopping at a local bookstore on #SmallBizSat. I hope you'll join & shop small this holiday season." The US Census states that approximately three fourths of all businesses have no payroll, emphasizing the massive number of small businesses in the U.S. (http://www.census.gov/econ/smallbus.html)
SDAccountingFirm.com's Editor stated that, "In America, once a President is selected for his second term you find out what they really are up to. They no longer have to pull the wool over to get re-elected. In this case, the President used this very visible period right after his re-election to send a message to the American people, and to profit minded folks like myself, that he is in it for the small business."
Small Business Saturday is a creation by American Express to help promote small businesses on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Normally, the Friday right after Thanksgiving is the most popular day of the year for shopping for the nation's largest retailers. Small business Saturday came about to focus attention the following day, on small businesses who employ a huge percentage of American workers.
President Obama was criticized often during and after his campaign as an enemy to business. There are instances of small businesses, including Papa John's CEO John Schnatter, stating that they are raising prices to counteract the possible upcoming Obamacare increases in mandatory business spending beyond its previous levels. This small business support move, may have been done to offset the recent criticisms he has been receiving.
SDAccountingFirm.com is dedicated to helping small businesses thrive in the ever changing economy. They specialize in e-business solutions for small businesses, but are also there for the mid-sized business as well.


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Right now, two factors are combining to produce opportunities for enormous gains on specific stocks. Below, you'll find a basket of seven stock option trades I put together to benefit from those circumstances, which has the potential to earn a 565% return. However, before we even begin thinking about earning fat returns, let's talk defense first, with a hedge idea to protect our existing assets.
Cheap volatility, expensive market: Buy puts!
Despite the chilling effect of the market's recent losses, I still think complacency is too high right now, and that investors are underestimating -- and therefore, underpricing -- the potential for (downward) stock price volatility. The VIX (Wall Street's "fear gauge"), which measures the market's expectation for short-term volatility, closed just below 20 on Monday. That is higher than it has been in recent weeks, but it remains a bit below the index's historical average.
When volatility is cheap, so are options (in fact, the VIX is derived from option prices on S&P 500 futures). In that context, put options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF expiring in January 2012 might be a reasonable choice to insure your portfolio against further declines. These options rise in value as the S&P 500 index declines. I expect the market to continue to trade in a range for an extended period of time (12 to 18 months or longer), and I think it likely that we will experience multiple corrections along the way.
Investors could set up a similar hedge with put options on the iShares Russell 2000 ETF -- small-cap stocks look even more expensive than the broad market (although you'd have to pay up for the options in volatility terms).
Cheap volatility, cheap stocks: Buy calls!
While the broad market looks a bit pricey, that's not all the case for all stocks in the market. The table below describes a basket of call options on seven (mostly) high-quality stocks that look undervalued. The stocks are the product of a screen I created using Capital IQ; all have a forward price-to-earnings multiple in the bottom quintile of their industry and a trailing price-to-earnings multiple in the bottom quintile of its 10-year range (i.e., going back to June 2001).
The table's third column contains stock price targets for January 2013, which assume that the stocks' price-to-earnings multiples would get one-quarter of the way back to their 10-year average and that the companies achieve their consensus earnings estimate for 2012 (the latter may be a somewhat aggressive assumption). If the stocks do reach these price targets at option expiration, these are the returns investors would earn on the following option trades:
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Abbott Laboratories
Applied Materials
Best Buy
Cisco Systems
Eli Lilly
Lockheed Martin
Wells Fargo
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Source: Yahoo! Finance. Option return estimates are based on closing prices on June 13.
Profits ... and risks
No doubt about it, a 565% return looks very enticing, but let me be clear: This basket of options is a trade idea, not a recommendation. Although I suspect these stocks are undervalued, I haven't done the sort of due diligence that would enable me to determine it conclusively. Furthermore, this trade has a short time horizon -- that's right, even 18 months is the short term when it comes to stocks -- so identifying a catalyst for a revaluation in the share-price multiple would be very useful here. That would require detailed bottom-up research.
If you have the time and ability to do that type of research, you can compete for the sort of option returns I described above. If not, you can still put options to work for you by following the recommendations of Motley Fool Options advisor Jeff Fischer. Of the 30 trades Jeff has completed to the end of May, 29 of them were closed at a profit, for an incredible 97% success rate.
Take the next step to earning these gains
If you'd like to learn more about adding low-risk option strategies to your portfolio, give Jeff your email address in the box below and you'll receive -- at no cost or obligation to you -- the Options Insider playbook. You'll also get access to three videos in which Jeff discusses option strategies and an invitation to a live, interactive Q&A session in which Jeff and the entire Motley Fool Options team will be available to answer your questions. This should be an easy decision: What's the downside to learning about a new tool for your investor toolkit?
This article was originally published on Dec. 15, 2010. It has been updated.
Fool contributor Alex Dumortier holds no position in any company mentioned. Click here to see his holdings and a short bio. The Motley Fool owns shares of Best Buy, Applied Materials, Wells Fargo, Lockheed Martin, and Abbott Laboratories. You can follow him on Twitter. The Fool has created a bull call spread position on Cisco Systems. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended buying shares of Abbott Laboratories, Cisco Systems, and Best Buy. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools may not all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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Hope everyone had a good Christmas and survives being back to work after a 4 day weekend. I was taking a look at ESPNs BIG power rankings and Tremendous and was wondering what everyone else's looks like.
Here's Mine:
1. Michigan
2. Indiana
3. Ohio
4. Minnesota
5. Michigan State
6. Illinois
7. Wisconsin
8. Iowa
9. Northwestern
This is where the teams are just plain awful:
10. Nebraska
11. Purdue
12. Penn State


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MOORE, Okla. – An Oklahoma emergency management official says authorities still are working to find six adults who haven't been accounted for since the devastating tornado that tore through the Oklahoma City area earlier this week.
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management Director Albert Ashwood said it wasn't known Wednesday whether those people had just "walked off" their properties or could still be found in the rubble.
Officials say the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday killed 24 people, including 10 children.


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AVON -- The city of Avon is preparing to take 12 property owners in the proposed Lear Nagel interchange area to court if a settlement in price for the land cannot be reached before the end of December. City Council discussed this action at a work session last night, but did not take action.
The land appropriation project started in July, City Law Director John Gasior said, and each property was appraised two to three times by different appraisers.
Negotiators then went in and offered a price which was either accepted or negotiated. The city needed to acquire 29 parcels total and has acquired 17. The properties are all vacant land.
"This process has a time table," Gasior said. "We're doing everything we can to obtain them (properties) by the end of the year."
Declarations of necessity naming each property owner must be passed by council before any action can be taken. If passed, letters will be sent to each property owner warning them that in 30 days the city will file legal action in Lorain County Common Pleas Court so the court can determine the price of the land, Gasior said.
When action is filed, the city will also file a check for the amount offered, which allows it to go forward with using the land as if it already belonged to the city, Gasior said.
"Then we can flag it, shovel it, whatever," Gasior said. "We're close (to settling) some of these properties, but we have to list them all just in case something stalls. If one settles, it'll just be removed from the list."
Even after the letters have been sent out, negotiating will continue.
Property owners who have yet to settle include: Ann Dehart and Carol Ann Hall; DiBenedetto Building Company; RFM Facilities Management; Lemke; Jenne Distributors; Discount Drug Mart (two parcels); Nagel, Dietz, Haehn; Goins; Lawreszuk executor; Wechter; and Root. They are offered anywhere between $4,800 to $1.2 million.
Acquiring all the properties in the last step the city takes before going out to bid on the project in early spring, Planning Coordinator Jim Piazza said.
Ward 3 Councilman Kevin Ward wondered if money was the only dispute among the property owners. Gasior responded that's really the only thing they have left to dispute because the city has already proven that it needs the property to build the interchange.
"We've had counter offers wanting more but they were unreasonable," Piazza said.
The next council meeting will be at 7:30 p.m. on Monday.


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"It was a dream come true," said Boob. "I really felt like I was in the majors, warming up in their outfield and then throwing in the bullpen. When I took the mound for the first time I just took a minute to look around the whole field and take it all in. It was a thrilling experience that I will always remember."
Boob pitched three innings for the Snappers, who eventually lost the championship to the Leesburg Lightning 6-0, allowing just one run on four hits, while striking out two. "I struck out the first batter of the game, which really pumped me up and the only reason I was pulled was to allow other pitchers a chance to throw off the big league mound."
For the summer, Boob had a 1-5 record, with nine appearances, six starts and one complete game. He pitched 35.2 innings, with a 4.04 ERA, while striking out 15 and only walking six.
Boob, the ace of the Cobra pitching staff, will hopefully get many more chances to pitch in major league stadiums once he graduates from Coker next May. But for now he is just excited with the experience he has had this summer and he is looking forward to a successful senior season with the Cobras.


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Research has identified that just over 1% of an ecommerce site's users contribute 40% of its revenue.
By analysing 950m page views from more than 123m website visits, the research found that whilst this 1.06% of total visitors generate four tenths of a site's income, there are a further 20% of site visitors who will visit regularly, but never make a purchase.
So what are the traits of these very different consumers and how can you use this information to convince them to shop more, not less?
Sofa surfers
17% of website users visit regularly, but never purchase. Their regular viewing times of 9am to 11am and 1pm to 5pm suggest that they might be stay-at-home mums or non-working individuals with plenty of time on their hands to surf their day away.
They are twice as likely as your average site visitor to be surfing on an Apple device using the Safari browser and to be using a tablet. Geographically, these users tend to come from urban areas, although Londoners don't seem to be as prone as others to this behaviour.
Big spenders
This core group of loyal website fans make up just 0.03% of total users but create 30% of revenue Intensely loyal to their chosen retailer, they visit their preferred sites 300 times more often than the average user.
They're 20% more likely than the average to be using a tablet, but are 10 times less likely to be visiting via a mobile. These users shop between 1pm and 3pm during the day, but will also spend up to 20 times longer than the average user surfing between midnight at 4am.
These users are 23% less likely than the average visitor to come from Central London but are over-represented in the city's suburbs, in particular in Ealing, where more than twice the average number reside.
Basket cases
A strange retail breed, the basket case comes to a site and fills their shopping basket but never completes their purchase.
They only represent 2.46% of users, but generate no revenue for the retailer. They tend to use Google's Chrome browser, which has a younger user base that's happy to shop around, perhaps explaining their bizarre on-site behaviour.
These users come from the Midlands and North West, particularly from Birmingham, with 1.5 times the expected number of visitors coming from that area. They're also largely nocturnal, with their web usage focused around 7.00pm-3.00am.
Speedy shoppers
Making up 1.03% of users, the focused few generate 10% of total revenues, making them the second most valuable segment.
These users visit a site and make a purchase with no messing around and seemingly little consideration. Whilst Mancunians rarely display this behaviour, people from NE London seem to be keen on this sort of focused shopping.
They're 18% more likely to be using a mobile than the average user, and tend to surf via Internet Explorer or Chrome.
How to increase conversion rates
The research findings show that by breaking down online shoppers into these different personas its easy to see where retailers should be focusing their efforts.
Sofa surfers and basket cases show all the traits of 'real' shoppers and if you're not analysing your audience properly you'll never know that they're not giving you anything in return.
By understanding what people are doing on your site, and whether or not they're going to turn into paying customers, you can make more informed decisions about where to invest your marketing budget.
Conversely, its vital that you encourage and embrace your big spenders and the speedy shoppers because these tiny segments are driving a massive percentage of your revenue.
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Hey, nice bunch of stats here!
I'm pretty sure I fall into the basket case category - I like to imagine that I can have the stuff I put in there. Which makes me an actual basket case.
I often do it when there's no wishlist or save for later option and I don't want to clutter my bookmarks up. If I'm still interested in the item when I come back, it's good to have it there ready to go.
I think everyone falls into one of these categories at some point or another - maybe even all at once across a bunch of sites. I know that I visit some sites regularly but never buy, spend at others all the time and use some really quickly, almost impulsively.
It could be a fun project to see if this could be broken down into demographics and site themes/types.
I wrote a post about ecommerce recently that might be of interest too:
I've found myself sofa surfing on a mobile before, unable to complete a transaction because the site wasn't mobile ready and I couldn't physically select the button to continue!
Interesting insights, Ian! I think I'm fall into all of the categories you described but again this massively depends on the shop/brand I'm looking at. I agree with you creating personas and having inside-out knowledge of your site's data is crucial. Believe it or not but there are still companies with e-commerce website but no e-commerce analytics tracking setup!
Interesting article and intrigued by the 'basket case' statistics.
I wonder whether implementing a cart abandonment process would help try and convert some of the basket cases.
I am glad that you have highlighted the site speed as from experience this is one that has to be considered and monitored, especially at this time of year when site traffic levels increase so the servers come under more pressure and if you are not on the right set-up, site speed can drastically suffer.


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by the Horticulture staff) to apply compost tea to specific areas of the High Line.
Maeve, one of our five full-time gardeners, has been on staff since the High Line's opening this past June. Originally from England, Maeve grew up in Westfield, New Jersey, and first discovered her love for gardening while working at Morning Glory Farm on Martha's Vineyard, where she helped out with everything from seeding to planting to weeding. After Morning Glory, Maeve completed an internship at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (which she says was "awesome"), then worked for a private gardening company. Each job, she says, was a unique experience, and affirmed that gardening is the work environment she enjoys most.
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Some of Maeve's favorite plants on the High Line include the Solidago caesia Bluestem Goldenrod and the Euphorbia corollata Flowering Spurge ("It's just so cute," she says). She's looking forward this year to the bulbs that will bloom during the spring, like the species tulips.
One of Maeve's favorite things about working on the High Line is the feedback she receives from the park's visitors. "It's great to hear every day, you have the best job in New York City," she says. She also enjoys the challenges that working in an elevated space brings. "It's an experiment," she says, "and different from anything else."
If you have a specific question for Maeve and her fellow gardeners, check out the Ask a Gardener on our Web site.


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Accordion Jam 2012 starts here.
Denis Lavant, French film's most unusual-looking actor you can't stop looking at, plays a highly specific sort of actor in this beautifully weird fantasy about life, death and love from Leos Carax (The Lovers on the Bridge, Pola X). Lavant's "Monsieur Oscar" performs multiple roles over the course of a single day for cameras nobody ever sees (at one point he complains that the devices have gotten so small that he doesn't feel like his actions are really taking place). He's driven from point to point all over Paris in a white limousine -- one that serves as a dressing room for his next costume change -- by his elegant chauffeur Celine (Edith Scob, from the 1960 horror classic Eyes Without a Face).
He transforms himself into a hunched old woman begging in the street ("I'm so old I'm afraid I'll never die," he says before leaving the scene). Later, he's a repulsively awesome, gibberish-spewing sewer-dweller named "Monsieur Merde" -- originally seen in Carax's contribution to the anthology film Tokyo! -- who steals model Eva Mendez away from a photo shoot, dresses her in a makeshift burqa, strips naked and falls asleep on her lap with a big fake erection. At later appointments he's a sad father picking up his sullen daughter from a party, a dying old man who breaks character to talk to the actress playing his niece, an assassin out to kill his own identical twin, a happily married husband whose wife and child are apes, a member of an accordion-playing flash mob and, in the film's most moving detour, himself, in a chance encounter with a former lover played by Kylie Minogue, who in turn sings him a melancholy ballad. This guy is really busy.
So's the director. His first film in 13 years -- his least ferocious, most humane -- is its own kind of motor, one that runs on an endlessly inventive supply of confounding strangeness and unanswerable questions. (The Minogue-obsessed friend I took to the press screening said, "I have no idea what I just watched... but Kylie was great.") And it's a film about films as in love with the art form as Martin Scorsese's Hugo, bookending the action with a vintage silent reel of a solitary man performing a series of exercises, referencing cinema through the decades with visual and sonic cues like Minogue's Jean Seberg pixie-cut wig, Godzilla theme music and Scob's final, mysterious actions. And in a wildly hypnotic sequence, the actor and an unnamed woman transform entirely into animated performance-capture-based creatures. Their athletic, contortionist choreography becomes freaky monster sex-dancing before your eyes and it'll make you wish Andy Serkis would get a whole lot bolder with his career choices.
With emotional dots connected by a kind of invisible cobweb of mortality anxiety, Sparks songs and sadness, characters near death explain that the "sensation of life" lies in remaining behind while others pass away, even as the tombstones in the cemetery are engraved with website URLs. In as representational a moment as any, Lavant scolds his timid scene partner daughter, announcing that because she didn't dance at a party, because she hid in the bathroom afraid of her peers and then lied to him about it, that "your punishment is to be you... you have to live with yourself."
And in the end you still don't know who Monsieur Oscar is acting for or why. Then the limousines start talking to each other, complaining like human beings. Not metaphorically. They actually start talking. Which must mean that both he and the cars are acting for me. All for me. Why not? I'm pretty sure that's it.
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A woman from Yemen left instructions before she died telling her heirs to appoint someone to perform hajj on her behalf from her own wealth. Is it permissible for one who is living in Jeddah to perform Hajj on behalf of this woman? Can he enter ihraam from his house in Jeddah or should he go to the meeqaat of the people of Yemen, al-Saahili, and enter ihraam from there? Or does the one who is going to perform Hajj on behalf of this woman have to be from Yemen too, i.e., his departure for Hajj should be from Yemen? Does this pilgrim have to be from the same town as this woman who left this will?.
The proxy does not have to do Hajj from the same town as the one on whose behalf he is doing Hajj, and he does not have to enter ihraam from his meeqaat, rather the proxy should enter ihraam from his own meeqaat. There is nothing wrong with performing Hajj from Jeddah on behalf of a woman from Yemen, and the proxy may enter ihraam from Jeddah.
The Standing Committee for Issuing Fatwas was asked about a man from Africa who wanted to delegate someone to do Hajj on behalf of his mother, and they replied:
It is permissible for the person mentioned to appoint a trustworthy person from Makkah or elsewhere to do Hajj on behalf of his mother if she is deceased or is unable to do Hajj herself, because she is elderly or sick with no hope of recovery.
And Allaah is the Source of strength. May Allaah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions. End quote.
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Shaykh 'Abd al-'Azeez ibn 'Abd-Allaah ibn Baaz, Shaykh 'Abd al-Razzaaq 'Afeefi, Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah ibn Ghadyaan, Shaykh 'Abd-Allaah ibn Qa'ood.


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10 dead, 22 unaccounted for in Quebec nursing home fire
L'ISLE-VERTE, Que. — Firefighters have now recovered 10 bodies from a nursing home which caught fire Thursday morning, while 22 people are still missing.
In a press conference Saturday afternoon, officials said a third victim has been identified and their family will be notified.
As well, they said a special piece of equipment has been brought in to help melt the ice, which is 60 cm thick in some spots.
At an earlier news conference Saturday, Lt. Guy Lapointe of the Surete du Québec said they could not confirm the cause of the fire but smoking may to blame.
Bruno Belanger, the overnight orderly at Residence du Havre, was the only one on duty when fire broke out on Thursday morning.
Belanger told QMI Agency he was "95% sure" the fire was smoking-related.
Less than an hour before the fire alarm went off, Belanger said he prevented a resident from going outside to smoke a cigarette.
He said residents are not allowed out after 11 p.m. because the doors are locked.
The orderly said he went to check on the man in his room a few minutes later just to make sure before going to the kitchen to prepare the next day's breakfast.
After the alarm went off, Belanger went up to the second floor and noticed that the fire was centred around the elderly smoker's room.
"There was smoke above the door, which was still ajar," Belanger said. "Then I began to suffocate. It was black. I thought I would die there."
Within five minutes, the fire had already spread throughout the building.
Belanger says several residents were medicated and might not even have woken up when the alarm sounded.
"I think about the horror of seeing them fight for their lives," Belanger said. "I think about this lady who was going to turn 100 years old. I don't know what she could have done. It's indescribable."


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BMS's 2013 looking up as Eliquis launch gears up
Bristol-Myers Squibb issued relatively upbeat guidance for 2013, but much depends on the performance of Eliquis.
"The 'main event' for the year is clearly Eliquis sales," wrote ISI Group's Mark Schoenbaum in an analyst note. "If Eliquis 'beats,' then the stock should do reasonably well in 2013."
The clot-buster, which the company co-markets with Pfizer, won approval in December for marketing in the US, Japan and Canada, weeks after getting the green light in Europe. The UK's NICE gave it the thumbs-up yesterday. The drug is expected to benefit from stronger pre-market vetting and messaging as it aims to siphon share from rivals Pradaxa and Xarelto.
BMS forecast worldwide sales of between $16.2 and $17 billion—down from 2012's $17.6 billion (a big drop from 2011's $21.2 billion), but the firm's earnings per share forecast came in considerably better than earlier forecasts for the post-Plavix patent cliff trough, Schoenbaum noted, cautioning that this was due to tax credits and other accounting buoys more than any performance-related surprises.
"My best guess is [that the stock will settle] down a bit once people realize that a lower tax rate 'bailed' out the EPS line," he added.
The company sees advertising and promotion spending "increasing in the high single-digit range" for 2013, while marketing, sales and administrative costs will be flat.
"Higher spending is strategically prudent to assure a successful Eliquis launch," said CreditSuisse's Catherine Arnold in an analyst note.
BMS's adspend dropped 26% in the fourth quarter of 2012 to $212 million. That's in line with Q4 net sales of $4.2 billion worldwide—a decrease of 23% over the year-ago period, reflecting the loss of US patent exclusivity for Avapro/Avalide in March and Plavix in May. Marketing, selling and administrative expenses sank 6% for the quarter, to $1.1 billion, while R&D spend rose 7% to $1.1 billion.


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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock futures rebounded Monday after last week's lackluster economic growth numbers, with new government data showing an uptick in consumer spending.
Americans appear to be largely unfazed by higher taxes, as spending and income both rose 0.2 percent.
Dow Jones industrial futures rose 55 points to 14,704. The broader S&P futures added 6 points to 1,582.50. Nasdaq futures gained 12.75 points to 2,843.25.
The earnings season continues, though Monday is light on reports.
Chrysler's first-quarter profit fell 65 percent as it shipped fewer older vehicles in preparation for several key product launches. The company predicted a strong performance in the second half of the year.
Express Scripts reporting after the closing bell.
Also on Monday, Sprint Nextel got a go ahead to seek more information from the Dish Network about a bid to acquire the company. Sprint had already agreed to sell a 70 percent stake to Japan's Softbank Corp. for $20.1 billion, but Dish has made a competing offer of $25.5 billion for the entire company.


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Breaking bread -- without breaking the host
DEAR AMY: We recently moved out of state and have an open-door policy, which means a steady flow of visitors. Many of them can barely afford the trip, so we usually pick up food and other costs.
I try to save money (to pay for outings) by cooking the majority of the meals. With today's diet trends, I'm cooking four or five different dishes per meal (each with special ingredients) that are not only costly but not our normal usage.
I generally accommodate 95% of their needs (vegetarian, vegan, lactose) but sometimes will slip with an ingredient. I don't mean a main ingredient, but for example: gluten/nongluten soy sauce; white/raw sugar, etc.
With friends who stay for a week or longer, three meals a day is costly and a headache. I'm overwhelmed.
The worst is when we take them out because I don't have a special ingredient and they order something not within dietary constraints (that I could have made) and say, "Today is a cheat day!"
I should feel honoured they want to spend their free time with us, but the gratitude is being overshadowed by my frustration.
Should we forgo paying for outings to cover the extra cost of food? Is it OK to expect a little bit of wiggle room on their side? — Fed Up
DEAR FED UP: You are demonstrating the twin tiers of the overwhelmed host: overfunctioning followed by resentment.
If you do less, you will enjoy your guests more.
The first day of your guests' visit should be a trip to the organic market or "pick your own" farm. Say, "Can you pick up ingredients that work for your diet?" Be honest about your food budget. If they want raw sugar instead of the sugar at home, they should pay for it.
Ask your guests to purchase ingredients and prepare one home-cooked meal for the entire household during their stay, and involve them in food prep each day to pull together a salad or another favourite.
Also — learn to say "no." Ultimately this will be the monosodium glutamate that preserves your friendships.
DEAR AMY: My husband and his friend, "Buddy," have been pals for over 60 years. Buddy was single for a long time and dated extensively. He and his current lady friend have been together for several years, and now live together.
Recently Buddy told my husband that he anonymously lists himself on Internet dating sites.
He says he's happy with his current relationship, and isn't looking for another woman, but just "likes to see what's out there."
I say Buddy is an immature cad, and deceitful. I'm not sure if he has a huge ego, or is tremendously insecure.
I don't know this lady very well. If I were in her place, I'd want to know what's going on. She says she is very happy with him. I think she deserves more respect than he is giving her. My husband is disgusted with his friend's actions, but suggested that we ask you. — Couple in a Quandary
DEAR COUPLE: If Buddy's girlfriend was your sister or your roommate from college, you would have more of an intimate and personal stake in this, but really — the primary connection to this couple is through the two husbands. So my message to your husband is: Your friend is being a snake and a cad, and you should tell him, rather than tell on him.
DEAR AMY: After reading the letter you published from "Frustrated," the working woman whose lazy, retired husband expected her to clean up, pick up and put things away for him after she got home from work each day, I just had to write and tell you about my husband of 46 years.
When my wonderful guy retired from his lifelong profession, he decided that his new "job" was to look after me, the house, the dogs. I still work, and at home I'm treated like a queen. It's too bad for Frustrated's husband that he doesn't know the secret my husband figured out many years ago. I assure you, neither of us is frustrated! — Happy Wife
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Mexicans Have Plans
for the American Southwest
They vow to take it over
Our southern neighbor is not shy about expressing its intention to conquer the American Southwest, which Mexico regards as territory lost in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo in 1846. Mexican children are taught in school that the United States stole that land, which they call "Aztlan." Absurd rantings of political extremists? Consider…
• In 1997, then-President Zedillo proclaimed that "I have proudly affirmed that the Mexican nation extends beyond the territory enclosed by its borders."
• Mexican American Legal Defense Fund founder Mario Obledo stated, "California is going to be a Hispanic state. Anyone who doesn't like it should leave. Every constitutional office in California is going to be held by Hispanics in the next 20 years." People who don't like such demographic changes "should go back to Europe." (Incidentally, Mr. Obledo was also the California Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Gov. Jerry Brown.)
• Mexico's President Fox has been unrelenting in his brazen demands on the United States, starting with open borders even before he was elected. He has called for the border to be "a joining line." His visits to the U.S. have been filled with endless requirements for Mexican citizens illegally in this country — free healthcare, taxpayer-subsidized in-state tuition for illegals at state colleges and universities, guestworker programs and amnesty for all.
Incidentally, we shouldn't be surprised at such shenanigans. The world is full of revanchist fantasies, namely that some vague territorial claim from centuries before should form modern national boundaries. The Chinese invaded Tibet in 1949, with the excuse that an eighth-century marriage had made Tibet a part of China. (Is there a Chinese word for lebensraum?) Chinese flowing into Siberia argue that the Amur region is actually part of China. (More on the Chinese demographic invasion of Russia.) The Balkans have been a recent example of the power of warmed-over nationalism, when Milosovic whipped Serbs into a murderous frenzy by summoning the ghosts of the Battle of Kosovo (600 years ago) as he urged them to "take back" what had been stolen from them. In the case of the former Yugoslavia, revanchism was the excuse for genocide.
Encouraged by their leaders in both countries, the 20 million Mexicans in America are similarly emboldened to insist that the United States surrender to their demands, particularly amnesty which will speed the acquisition of political power. And when California becomes majority Mexican around 2028, will those people call for political unification with their cultural homeland? Their leaders are planning for such a scenario.
It's hard to fathom how America's elected Congressional leaders, those who swore to uphold the Constitution and to protect the nation, are prepared to give it away for some perceived short-term political gain, if that. The front man for globalist corporations who currently occupies the White House is allowing Mexico City to dictate America's immigration policy, while few in his party object. Does anyone think that Vicente Fox cares about what happens to America? He sees the United States as a full refrigerator and he is hungry, very hungry.
Why do American public officials value so little what thousands have fought and died to protect? A foreign power has stated its plans to conquer this nation by demographic warfare, but in Washington, apparently no one cares. One wonders what Secretary of State Colin Powell thinks about surrending American sovereignty to a foreign power. He was a general in the U.S. Army and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, after all. Doesn't it bother him to be following the wishes of a foreign leader? Why does the most powerful nation in the world cower before the third-world country to the south?
— by Brenda Walker
A Talk with Mexico's Migration Chief
In this informative interview, Juan Hernández stated, "There are several million Mexican people in the United States … These individuals need to be legalized, they need to be able to come home and see their families and not have to cross a dangerous border… they need to be able to have living conditions that are proper, with dignity; to have driver's licenses; to use the banks in the United States. They need their dignity, instead of having to live like criminals."
Southwest shall secede from U.S., prof predicts
Charles Truxillo, a professor of Chicano studies at the University of New Mexico, said, "I may not live to see the Hispanic homeland, but by the end of the century my students' kids will live in it, sovereign and free."
Mario Obledo Calls for Burning of Anti-Immigrant Sign
Mr. Obledo was once the California of Secretary Health, Education and Welfare under Gov. Jerry Brown, so one might expect that he would have learned a little more American respect for free speech, but evidently not. "I'm going to deface the billboard or burn it," stated Mr. Obledo. (The billboard in question read, "Welcome to California, the Illegal Immigration State. Don't let this happen to your state.")
La Voz de Aztlan
Chicano extremists at their hate-filled worst, including an especially heavy dose of anti-Semitism.
Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán (MEChA) — Constitution of National Organization
Document opens, "Chicano and Chicana students of Aztlán must take upon themselves the responsibilities to promote Chicanismo within the community, politicizing our Raza with an emphasis on indigenous consciousness to continue the struggle for the self-determination of the Chicano people for the purpose of liberating Aztlán." (That's the Southwestern U.S.)
MEChA National Webpages
Manifesto demands, e.g., "Aztlán belongs to indigenous people, who are sovereign and not subject to a foreign culture."
Mexican official in El Paso
Mexican Immigration Commissioner Juan Hernandez stated, "We have recognized that the Mexican population is 100 million in Mexico and the 23 million who live in the United States. … We are a united nation."
Opinion of 58 Percent of Mexicans: American Southwest Belongs to Us
A June 2002 Zogby poll of Mexicans found that a substantial majority of Mexican citizens believe that southwestern America is rightfully the territory of Mexico and that Mexicans do not need the permission of the U.S. to enter. On the U.S. side of the border, 68 percent of Americans think that troops should be stationed on the Mexican border to keep unauthorized Mexicans out. Only slightly fewer (65 percent) oppose giving amnesty to those illegals already in the U.S. Other coverage here.
Immigration from Mexico: Assessing the Impact on the United States
This 64-page report from the Center for Immigration Studies is certainly basic reading on the subject. The topics covered include education, welfare use, poverty and economic mobility, insurance coverage, school-age population, impact on prices and native wages, and performance of the 2nd and 3rd generations.
Reconsidering Immigration: Is Mexico a Special Case?
Harvard Professor Samuel Huntington points out the important ways in which Mexican immigration is different from other sorts and believes that it represents a unique threat to America's societal security. For example, in 1998 Mexican immigrants were 27 percent of the total foreign-born population of the U.S., compared to the next largest group, the Filipinos at 4.4 percent.
Mexican Aggression and Its American Collaborators
A brief overview of current politics includes an assessment of the loyalty of the 20 million Mexicans living in the U.S.
What Americans Should Know About Immigration and President Fox of Mexico
Allan E. Wall, an American living in Mexico, delivers a balanced critique of the Mexican president and several of his cabinet members. Mr. Wall condemns Mexico's continuing dependence on the U.S. as a social and financial safety valve. The policy only perpetuates economic dysfunction, he believes.
(Vicente) Fox in the Hen House
More from the thoughtful Mr. Wall, this time an analysis of Pres. Fox's improper political meddling in the immigration policies of the United States.
Mexico Has a Plan for the U.S. Guess What It Is …
This analysis of the Fox Plan reveals the details and tactics of Mexico's attack on American sovereignty.
Corruption Index
If you are unwilling to recognize Mexico as an extremely corrupt country, let Transparency International inform your ideas. The organization releases an annual rating of perceived national corruption. Most free from dishonesty is Finland at #1, with the U.S. rating a #16. Mexico is #51 and Nigeria and Bangladesh are at the bottom. (There are 91 rankings, due to a number of tie scores.)
A Farmer Learns About Mexico's Lack of the Rule of Law
In Guerrero, farmers tried to stop illegal logging which was destroying the ecology of the area. For their trouble, some were murdered and other tortured. And because the forces of deforestation were in league with local political officials and the army, the perpetrators got away with murder.
Latinos Reconquer California
The mainstream French newsweekly Le Nouvell Observateur covers the story that Mexicans are retaking what they lost in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo. The magazine further predicts that California will become officially bilingual in time.
The Education of a Gringo in Mexico
Allan Wall describes how living in Mexico made him an immigration restrictionist. This article has a thorough, stunning account of Mexican hypocrisy around immigration — Mexico's own laws are anti-bilingual and pro-sovereignty (Mexico's, that is), with no benefits for illegals, who are summarily deported.
Crime in Mexico City
Think that Mexico City is just like New York, only with Spanish? This PBS report about crime in the Mexican capital should remedy that delusion: "Without question, the city's most serious problem is the general breakdown of law and order: Assaults, bank robberies, car-jackings, taxi-jackings, kidnappings — and policemen on the take — make living here, and traveling from one part of the city to another an often dangerous and terrifying experience."
Mexican Corruption
Just how corrupt is Mexican society? Well, Mexican children bribe their teachers to get better grades. The NGO Transparencia Mexicana estimates the number of government acts of corruption at 214 million annually, costing Mexican citizens $2.5 billion.
Latino births signal future for California: Babies born in state increasingly Hispanic
Nearly half the children born in the state in 1998 were Latino. The UCLA study found that 64 percent of Latino mothers were first-generation immigrants, and nearly half of all the state's Latino births were in Los Angeles County.
Does Dubya Know about Fox's Madrid Speech?
Mexican President Fox is still full steam ahead for opening the border between the U.S. and Mexico, along with a complete selection of benefits for Mexicans financed by American taxpayers.
Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot
This book review provides a rather dismaying, though amusing, psychological portrait of the illogical thinking that runs amock in Latin America. If there is a problem, then the USA must be the cause, as in "We're Poor; It's Their Fault." Other Latin icons, from liberation theology to Juan Peron, are apparently ripped to shreds in this book.
Los Angeles Area Animated Maps
Of particular interest is the map showing percentage of Hispanic population from 1940 to 2000.
Should immigrant remittances be taxed?
This opinion piece by Brenda Walker appeared in the Washington Times and considered the problem of the costs of illegal immigrant healthcare on border hospitals, which are being overwhelmed. A possible help is available in the form of the billions of remittance dollars annually sent south — why not tax that money and earmark it to relieve border healthcare?
Social Security Heading South of the Border
Remember when one of the reasons illegal immigration was supposed to be such a wonderful thing was that Mexican nationals paid millions into Social Security (with their fraudulent SS numbers, a felony) which would never be reclaimed? Now the bright lights in Washington have decided that those illegal aliens should get that cash — estimated to be $345 billion or more over the next couple decades.
Tom Tancredo Speaks on the House Floor
A collection of his Special Orders speeches on the need to control immigration.
Middle Easterners Sneak in from Mexico
Yet another obvious problem with having an open border with Mexico is the ease by which terrorists may enter. This article focuses on one example of a frightening trend.
California's Racial Iceberg
This curiously titled article contains many important reconquista quotes from Mexican leaders, including a June 2003 mouth-off from State Sen. John Vasconcellos (D-San Jose) who remarked: "Since we stole it from them, why do you say it's unfair to steal it back from us?"
Analysts say Mexico falls short in resolving illegal immigration
Here are some hard statistics and quotes showing how Mexico's rich are screwing American taxpayers. One economist noted Mexico has tax collections that represent only 14 percent of the country's gross domestic profit, compared with the U.S. level of 25 percent to 28 percent. Another expert stated, "Basically the wealthy classes do not want to tax themselves, period."
Top Economies in Latin America
Mexico is #1 in ranking of GDP, more than 20 percent higher than Brazil which was the previous leader. When you look at GDP per capita, Mexico is second behind Argentina.
Rich, Famous and Aghast: A Peep-Show Book
This book of photos of the Mexican hyper-rich shocked readers with the decadent lifestyles of the wealthy. While more than half of Mexicans suffer in poverty, the upper 10 percent live in unimaginable luxury.
Immigrant Smuggling Out Of Control
November 2003 – violent chaos in Arizona is now so bad that Mexicans smugglers have firefights over their illegal alien cargo, this one so extreme that a major highway into Phoenix was closed down. Local police say such gun battles occur about once a week, although this one got more attention because it shut the highway. Four Mexican thugs were killed.
Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo
The National Archives presents an overview and teaching plan of the historical document that gave the United States sovereignty over the southwest.
Another War with Mexico?
Robert Engler considers the many cultural bifurcations between the two nations, another reminder that Mexico is no friend and never has been.
Unchanging Mexico
Political parties may change, but the rich keep their hammer lock on the wealth of Mexico. As government professor George Grayson remarks, "If Singapore could lease Mexico for 20 years, Americans soonwould be complaining about the 'colossus of the South.'" LTG believes that the Mexican people will not shake off their shackles of economic repression until the USA closes down the border to force the long overdue social and economic changes.
In Mexico, a Paper-Thin Barrier to School
The Mexican constitution guarantees every child an education, but the reality is rather different. Children who do not have a birth certificate are routinely turned away from schooling, and illiteracy is 20 percent in some rural states. Of Mexico's 22 million school-age children, ages 5 to 14, more than 2 million don't attend school, including at least 200,000 who aren't enrolled because they lack birth certificates.
Los Amigos de Bush
The Bush family business has created some unsavory connections between the President and Mexico. Is that why he has never said No to Vicente Fox?
Mexico: A kidnapped society
The crime of kidnapping continues to flourish in Mexico, plaguing even families that cannot be considered rich. One estimate is around 1200 kidnappings in 2003. Kidnap negotiator Pablo Carstens observed, "Everyone thinks it is just because the police are corrupt, but that is because the police are part of a rotten society."
NationMaster facts about Mexico
This is a useful stats page, with items like murders per capita, average years of schooling, and similar factoids of interest.


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Patch 5.2 on the Background Downloader
This weekend the Launcher started downloading ~1 GB of assets for Patch 5.2. Keep in mind that this doesn't mean the patch is coming anytime soon, especially as LFR bosses still need tuning and Isle of the Thunder King still needs testing.
Patch 5.2 - Assault on Zeb'tula
Assault on Zeb'tula is the solo scenario that you experience when going through the Horde Isle of Thunder intro quest line.
Upon logging in to Patch 5.2, you will be sent to the Horde camp near Shadopan Garrison, in Townlong Steppes. Scout Captain Elsia will escort you to the Isle of Thunder and then you have a brief conversation with Lor'themar Theron. After speaking with him, he will ask for your help in establishing a base on the island.
Originally Posted by MMO-ChampionScout Captain Elsia: Pandaren legends tell of Lei Shen, "The Thunder King." He was the brutal founder of the Mogu empire over 12,000 years ago. He united the mogu, defeated the other pandaren races, and founded a glorious nation with the slave labor of those he conquered.
Scout Captain Elsia: The Thunder King built a palatial fortress on the borders of his empire. We should see it soon...
Scout Captain Elsia: There! Just ahead: The Isle of the Thunder King.
Scout Captain Elsia: The Pandaren are terrified that the former Emperor will try to reclaim his empire, and enslave them once again. But we have our own reasons for assisting them. I will allow Lor'themar to explain.
Scout Captain Elsia: Whoa! Careful - it is nearly impossible to fly anywhere near the island!
Lor'themar Theron: Aethas, leave us for a moment.
Lor'themar Theron: Hero, you have served the Horde nobly across many campaigns. I feel I can take you into confidence. Our Warchief's campaign across Kalimdor and Pandaria is pulling the Horde apart at the seams. We are here to fight the Thunder King. Justice demands it, and Hellscream is too preoccupied at Domination Point to pay attention here. But, in defeating him, we must seek out the source of his great power. We must claim it for ourselves, as leverage against our "Warchief." In the event of an uprising, we must be prepared.
Lor'themar Theron: Heads up! Ha-hah! It will feel good to bloody my blade again. Against Alliance or mogu, does not matter to me.
Lor'themar Theron: Enough talk. You know how precarious our position is. Between the Alliance and the Thunder King, only with the help of heroes like you can we hope to succeed here. Anar'alah belore, hero. Good luck.
Love is in the Air 2013
Love is in the Air once again, at least until February 23! Not much has changed this year, other than the addition of updated Neck slot rewards.
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Q4 2012 Earnings Call
There were a few more interesting points from the Q4 2012 earnings call, other than the subscriber number drop.
- The majority of the decline in subscriber numbers came from China, and the number in the west was more stable.
- Engagement was better in the months after the Mists of Pandaria launch than it was after the Cataclysm launch in all regions, including China.
- The next WoW update should reach players "in the coming weeks".
- There should be a Blizzcon 2013 announcement soon.
- Since Cataclysm, players are more apt to come and go from the community. This is being addressed by providing more frequent content updates.
Blue Posts
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Blue Tweets
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Curse Weekly Roundup
The Ouya is set to arrive in stores this June, Assassins Creed gets a new hero, Minecraft got some updates, Season 3 games are underway for League of Legends fans, and this week's Game Forecast.


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Your Super Bowl Now Includes a Destiny's Child Reunion [Updated]
Update: the new song is here!
Not only are we getting a brand-new Beyoncé album and a Destiny's Child compilation album — but Beyoncé is actually going to let Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland in on the Super Bowl halftime action. Word is that they'll perform a greatest-hits medley, plus the new song that they recorded with Pharrell. That is like four whole minutes of stage-sharing. Beyoncé: so generous! UPDATE: "Nuclear," the new song, is streaming here.


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About 20 years ago I was contacted as a preliminary match. They sent me to a hospital for an addition blood draw so they could do further type testing. Unfortunately I did not fully match so could not donate. But now that I am fully typed, if I am called as a match there is a really good chance that I will have the chance to do so. I hope to have the opportunity someday.
Denise, I too went through the TOTAL matching process, and came up as a match — unfortunately, the patient was not "ready" for a transplant at that time, and it never happened. But, like you, I have the comfort of knowing that my FULL testing results are available, giving both you and I an even better chance to donate and help someone else in the future! God Bless You! Tricia
I, too, have been on the registry for over ten years. I believe it's not a question of "if" rather a question of "when" if you're on the registry. My commitment remains the same, because what caused me to be on the registry in the first place remains the same as when I originally signed up: this dreaded disease can sneak up on you and take away everything that you've ever known, and it doesn't age discriminate. I hope to be on the registry list until I am no longer needed.
I too have been on the list for over 15 yrs and have never been contacted…
Reading all the responses has made me more sure that I am dedicated to being a donor if called. I am proud that there are so many people out there willing to do the same.
I was contacted about 8 or so years ago, and went through 4 more blood testing stages, to find out (very happily!) that I was a "perfect match" for a patient. Soon afterward, I received a phone call that the patient was "not yet ready" for a marrow transplant. I don't know if that means he/she was too ill to withstand the transplant, or what it meant, but I was very disappointed that, in the end, I was not able to help this (or any other) patient at the time. I am coming to the age where I will no longer be considered and "appropriate" donor, and I still pray that I match SOMEONE, and will be able to help save/improve someone's life/quality of life. All of you "youngins" out there, SIGN UP NOW TO BE A DONOR, AND KEEP YOUR CONTACT INFO UP TO DATE. It could be one of US in the same situation some day! Sincerely, Tricia Rueda
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However, our results also recognize the many challenges in translating information in updated CPGs into practice. These include insufficient time for clinic visits, reasonable ambiguity around existing evidence, the presence of cognitive bias, formulary constraints, and the lack of appropriate incentives to change practice patterns. In one study, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) conducted a national survey of its primary care providers (PCPs) to understand current practices four years after the dissemination of clinical recommendations limiting intensive glycemic therapy for patients with T2D. One-half of the 594 respondents reported that they would not be worried about potential harms caused by tight control for an older patient with an HbA1c (A1c) level of 6.5% who was at high risk for hypoglycemia ( 7 ). These responses emphasize the importance of innovative and proactive steps to help clinicians translate new CPGs into routine clinical practice.
We believe the recent interest in the development and use of quality measures in VBP programs to promote adherence to evidence-based recommendations also presents an opportunity to reduce hypoglycemia. Our review of existing measures revealed a gap in metrics related to known hypoglycemia risk factors. Of the 34 total measures related to A1c control, complications of diabetes, and patient self-management, none addresses the reduction or management of hypoglycemia in outpatient settings. As part of our study, we identified several draft and proposed measures that, if adopted in quality programs, could fill many of the existing gaps. Currently, the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services' Measures Under Consideration List includes two diabetes measures that reflect evidence-based recommendations: (1) diabetes A1c control (<8%) and (2) optimal diabetes care, a composite measure that includes managing A1c <8%. In addition, the HHS National Action Plan for Adverse Drug Event Prevention includes six electronic clinical quality measure concepts for clinicians that can help prevent hypoglycemia. The concepts include (1) shared decision-making on glycemic goals, (2) clinical decision support alerts to identify patients at high risk for hypoglycemia, (3) use of stratified patient lists to assess the A1c levels and comorbidities of patients on antidiabetic medications, (4) use of flowsheets to guide clinician management of patients at high risk, (5) use of patient-centered action plans, and (6) the percentage of patients aged ≥65 years on insulin or sulfonylureas with specific comorbidities and an A1c value <7%. These measures and measure concepts align well with CPGs recommendations focused on the individualization of A1c goals.
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This video explains albedo - the concept that the brightness of the Earth system (atmosphere, ocean, and land surfaces) determines how much incoming solar energy is immediately reflected back to space. Reflected shortwave energy and land albedo... (View More) products demonstrate the seasonal and geographic variability of this critical climate process. ClimateBits videos are designed for Science On a Sphere (SOS) and also available on YouTube. Links are provided to more information for this topic from the main ClimateBits website (see related & supplemental links). (View Less)
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Tent sale rules to undergo re-examination
Mammoth can be intense in the summer, but the question for some retailers is how much of that should be in tents.
That would be tent sales, specifically, which came before the town's planning commission Wednesday and drew an intense discussion, spearheaded by the Tent Sale King, Outdoor Sports owner Philip Hertzog.
"Without these sales in the summertime," he said, "we'd be out of business. We're in a shopping mall (the Sierra Center Mall on Old Mammoth Road) that just went from 80 percent vacant to 90 percent vacant.
"Would you rather see a bike sale sign and having prices more competitive than Southern California in the Town of Mammoth Lakes, or would you like to see another vacant storefront?
"We know who is trafficking the (tent) sales. Our sales are not from locals. Our sales come from the traveling public that says hey, there are great deals here, and they react."
The issue came up after the town received complaints about tent sales, specifically at Outdoor Sports and its apparent disregard for rules set in place in May 2011.
The rule on tent sales allows a total of 15 days a year, which actually was an increase from the nine days a year the town had in place previously.
Value Sports exceeded the limit on tent sales days, both at Outdoor Sports and atits new store, Value Sports, in the outlet mall on Main Street.
On Tuesday, Hertzog met with senior planner Sandra Moberly and agreed to take the tents down for the rest of the year, but that did not close the issue.
Rather, it re-opened an old issue that is under the purview of a special Zoning Code Update committee. The Planning Commission took no action on the matter Wednesday, other than to kick it back to the Zoning Committee.
That does not mean the town staff will be sitting by idly.
"In the coming months, the town staff will allocate more resources to code compliance regarding outdoor sales as well as temporary business banners, although this will be balanced with other work priorities, such as TOT enforcement," Moberly said in a staff report to the commission.
Meanwhile, Hertzog said businesses along Old Mammoth Road have formed an association to form a year-long calendar, hoping to counter the weight that they feel is coming from the Village.
"The Village has a plan, has permits, and has the ability to conduct events on basically a weekly basis," he said. "What's happened is that economic situation has put unusual pressure on Old Mammoth Road."
Later in his comments, Hertzog said the businesses want to animate Old Mammoth Road to make it into a destination area of town.
"We'd like to have a wine walk; events; fundraisers," he said. "We'd like to have the Banff Film Festival that's down in Bishop; we'd like to have private producers. We have a vacant lot next to us and we have a vacant parking lot. We can do things like create a schedule for the year and have it organized so that it meets your criteria.
"But you want a balanced approach. We're facing unusual macroeconomic problems in terms of our industry, which affects the town, and we're facing local community issues. So we're going to try to get smart about it."
Critics of Hertzog did not show up at the commission meeting, but they bled into the local press last week, particularly by Tom Cage, owner of Kittredge Sports on Main Street and P3 store near the outlet mall, near Base Camp Café.
"We've been singled out," Hertzog said to the commissioners. "Our major competition is Footloose and Kittredge in town. At Kittredge, they've got an old Hertz sign, and old fish and an old fishing sign and a banner.
"Footloose has vertical signs and a tent that's up every day of the summer. The size of the tent is in compliance with the regulations, but that's not being enforced, either.
"We were singled out in editorial comment in general, but we all have problems."
The town's staff report referred to the conundrum directly.
"One consideration is whether modifications would be made to the draft outdoor sales policies and procedures to strike a better balance between a successful business community and an attractive resort community," Moberly wrote in the report.
"On the one hand, outdoor sales can activate the street frontage and allow businesses an opportunity to capitalize on walk- or drive-by traffic.
"On the other hand, excessive numbers of outdoor sales and associated displays and signage can add to visual clutter, contribute to a 'tourist trap' atmosphere and downgrade the town's resort character."
One alternative, among many, is to adopt a Breckinridge model, whereby the town manager designates three outdoor sales weekends per summer so that all the retailers (and customers) can pitch away and buy-buy-buy, all at the same time.
That plan would be hard to fathom in Mammoth, though, given its lack of a central retail thoroughfare.


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